Common use of Emergency Condition Clause in Contracts

Emergency Condition. A physical, mental or addiction disorder-related6 medical condition manifesting itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity, (including severe pain), such that a prudent layperson, who possesses an average knowledge of health and medicine, could reasonably expect the absence of immediate medical attention, to result in (a) placing the patient’s health in serious jeopardy; (b) serious impairment to bodily function; or (c) serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part.